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WAGON BOX BRACE.

Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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WAGON BOX BRAGE.

No. 323,552. Patented Aug. 4, 1885,

WITA'ZESSES da L W M 76% UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica PETER fXNDERSElT, OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY G. OLDS, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-BOX BRACE.

CPECFLATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,552, dated August 4, 1885.

Application led Apr-i121, 18S-1.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER ANnERsEN, of Fort lWayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful `improvements in lagon Box Braces and Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improved iron wagon-box braces and fastenings, applicable to those wagon-boxes made in two sections, one above the other, and in which it is desired to make the upper section removable at pleasure, the objects of which are to increase the strength, durability, and convenience of wagon-boxes, and to cheapcn the cost of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l showsa wagon-box with thebra-ces in position. Fig. 2 is a section at y y of l. Fig. 3 is a section at .fr .fc of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is au end brace detached. Fig. 5 is a middle brace detachcd.

In the several figures identical parts are denoted bythe same letter.

The end brace, B, (shown at Fie. 4,) is made of malleable cast-iron or wrought-iron pressed, and has at F a projecting foot, perforated at Z to receive a bolt by which it is fastened to the wooden crosspiece passing underneath the wagon-box. At S it has a socket or staple to receive theprojccting extension ofan iron cleat, C, in Fie. l, bolted or otherwise fastened to the upper and movable section of the Wagonbox. At r it is perforated to receive the boxrod R. (Shown in Fig. l.) The middle brace, B', (shown in Fig. 5, )is ot' like material to the end braces, and has a projecting foot of the same l'orm. At its upper end it has a projecting lip or hook made to extend across and be countersunk inthe upper edge ot' the lower section of thc wagoirbox, and at S it has a staple or socket to receive theprojecting cleat ofthe upper section of the box. At b it is perforated to receive a bolt, which passes entirely through both braces and the cleat of (No model.)

the upper section and the side of the lower section of the box, as is shown at. fc :cin Fig. 2.

Previous to my invention the usual method ofapplying a brace to the side of awagon-box was to carry it straight down through the cross-piece and fasten it -below by a nut, and to let the upper section rest on thelower, with cleats of wood or iron restingl in staples or sockets placed on the lower section, but without any thorough and durable fastening of one to the other. This method is defectivein point of strength, and in the further particular that the tightening of the nutunder the crosspiece tends to pull the side of the wagon outward and throw it out of the perpendicular-an evil which is entirely overcome by the projecting foot in my invention. It is at the central part of a wagon-box that the greatest strength is needed, and for this purpose it is desirable to secure for the support of theload the strength of the upper as well as the lower section-an object which is attained perfectly by the com?V bination of braces, cleats, and bolts in my in venton.

In Fig. 2 are shown the brace B bolted to the crosspiece at the bottom and to the side of the box, the cleat C bolted to the upper see` tion of the box, the diagonal brace B2, and the bolt fastening the whole together at b. The combination of the parts is shown in section in Fig. 3. The diagonal brace B2 is commonly made of round iron and secured to the cross` piece of the wagon-box by two nuts, as shown in Figs. l and 2; but the precise form of it or mode of its attachment is not material. The iron cleats C on the upper section of the wagon-box are perforated with holes to match the holes in the braces, and through those at the ends pass the rods R R, each of which has a ring turned upon one end of it and anutat the other, thus furnishing a neat, strong, convenient, economical, and durable mode of binding the wagon-box together. By the co1nbination of braces, cleats, and bolts at the ends and central portion ol' the box, the entire upper section of the box is secured to the lower section by iron bolts passing through iron braces at four different points on each side ot' the box, by which means there are secured strength, security,durability,and convenience ofhandling.

I am aware that wagon boxes have been made heretofore with iron corner pieces, braces, sockets, and cleats; and I do not claim, broadly, such corner-pieces, braces, sockets, or cleats, or the combi nation of them with each other or with the wagon-box.

Having thus described my invention, that which I claim as novel and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is* l 1. In a wooden wagon-box made in two sections, the upper detachable from the lower, a set of fastenings and braces to be applied at either end and in the completed box at each end of the wagon-box, consisting of the following parts in the combination stated, viz: an iron brace fastened to the side of the lower section of the box near the end of the saine, with a projecting foot standing at a right angle with the. side of the box and bolted to the cross-piece, an iron cleat fastened to the upper section of the box and projecting downward and fitting into a socket formed on the upper end of the lower boxbrace aforesaid and an iron rod passing below the socket aforesaid by suitable apertures through said lower brace, and the projecting` cleat of the upper section resting in its socket and across the box outside the end gate through the corresponding brace and cleat on the farther side of the box and fastened by a nut, each and all formed and combined substantially as set forth and described.

2. In a wooden wagon-box made in two sections, the upper detachable from the lower,

a set of braces and fastenings, four in number,

two on each side of the box, placed centrally between the ends, embraeingin each a combination of parts as follows: an iron brace fastened to the side of the lower section of thebox, having a projecting foot standing at a right angle with the side of the box and boltedto the cross-piece, an iron cleat fastened to the side of the upper section or" the box and projecting downward into a socket'formed upon the upper end of the lower section brace aforesaid, a diagonal brace with its lower end fastened upon the projecting cross-piece at a little distance from the side of the box and its upper end resting against the socket aforesaid, and a bolt passing by suitable apertures through said lower and diagonal braces, and the foot of said cleat resting in its place in said socket and through the side of the box and secured by a nut on the outside, substantially as described and set forth.

.3. In a double wagon-box and in combination, the socketed braces B, the cleats C, and the rods R at each end of the box and centrally placed,the socketed braces B', the diagonal braces B, the cleat C, and the bolts b', each and all formed, combined, and used substantially as described and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER ANDERSEN.

Vitnesses:

O. H. BRooKs, C. H. WORDEN. 

